Dissolved organic carbon, a critical factor to increase the bioavailability of phosphorus during biochar-amended aerobic composting


Meiwen Bao , Hu Cui , Yang Ou , Lixia Wang , Baixing Yan , Yingxin Li

DOI:10.1016/j.jes.2021.06.019

Received April 16, 2021,Revised , Accepted June 20, 2021, Available online July 07, 2021

Volume 34,2022,Pages 356-364

Considerable research efforts have been devoted to increase phosphorus (P) availability during aerobic composting. However, there is little discussion weather the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) controls the transformation among P-fractions. Thus, we investigated the changes in DOC compositions and P-fractions during biochar-amended composting (wet weight basis, 5% and 10%). TP content continuously increased since the ‘concentration effect’ during aerobic composting. NaHCO3-Pi, NaOH-Pi and HCl-Pi were main P-fractions, and biochar can improve P-bioavailability by transforming NaOH-Pi and HCl-Pi into NaHCO3-Pi. Structure equation models (SEMs) indicated that biochar enhanced the P-bioavailability through regulating the decomposition of DOC. Our results at least hint that the activation mechanism on P under the influence of DOC during biochar-amended composting.

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